Commerce Secretary Officially Swipes Right on AI Frenemy Anthropic
KEY POINTS
- •Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick announced on Tuesday that the government now trusts Anthropic after previous clashes.
- •Anthropic co-founder Tom Brown took center stage at the G20 Innovation Ministerial, praising Trump’s pro-data center posts.
- •A federal judge blocked the Pentagon’s blacklist of Anthropic, citing constitutional rights violations in August.
In Chapel Hill, N.C., Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick dropped the mic on AI drama by proclaiming, 'We trust Anthropic,' sealing a truce with the company that once made him want export controls as tight as a cult meeting. CEO Dario Amodei apparently made the required atonements, but co-founder Tom Brown is now maxing out his White House clout, headlining the G20 Innovation Ministerial like he’s the Beyoncé of AI salvation. Brown gushed over Trump’s data center lovefest on Truth Social, praising their jobs and tax magic, and bragged about Anthropic supporting the administration’s ratepayer pledge, because nothing says AI justice like electricity bills. Meanwhile, a federal judge threw a big 'not today' party against the Pentagon’s blacklist of Anthropic for supply-chain fears, citing constitutional rights like it’s 1776 redux. Clearly, being the Trump administration’s new BFF is the latest business strategy for AI companies regardless of past chaos.
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(1 of 3)Trust given to Anthropic after months of AI World War: now the real export control is trying to untangle this corporate soap opera.
Nothing says ‘we trust you’ like inviting the guy you barely spoke to back onto the G20 stage like it’s a tech soap reunion.
Trump’s love for data centers: the only thing more powerful than AI? Apparently, job creation and tax revenue measured in watts.
Source: Axios | Published: 9/2/2026 | Author: Maria Curi
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